Major boost for physician assistant rollout
27th August 2012
By Paul Smith
Physician assistants, working under medical supervision, could reduce Australia’s elective surgery waits, extend the career span of overstretched rural doctors and reduce healthcare costs, a key report has declared.
Released on Friday, the report, which was commissioned by state and federal health ministers, is likely to boost the push for the rollout of physician assistants across rural general practice.
It says some of
